Fashion: Swimwear trends for 2011

Relax, these swimsuits are way over the top for the runway. They'll be calmed down considerably by the time you see them on store rack over the next few weeks.

But for the woman who thinks a summer without a new swimsuit is like a day at the beach with no sun, there are a few trends from the swimwear designer shows held in Miami Beach last July that she might want to dive into.

The Miami Swimwear Shows are really three separate events.

The trade show at the Miami Beach Convention Center was called SwimShow 2011 and is annually all about swim manufacturers and store buyers ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â– it's all very retail industry and business-oriented.

Salon Allure over at the W South Beach hotel was also a trade show, but for upscale luxe boutiques.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim returned for its 6th year at the Raleigh Hotel, bringing a smattering of celebs (Selena Gomez, the Kardashian sisters, Bow Wow) to extravagant catwalk presentations by fashion-forward swimwear designers.

All the photographs here are by Michael Laughlin (Beach Bunny, Ed Hardy) and Carey Wagner (Red Carter, Luli Fama). Wagner also shot the raw unedited videos at the bottom of the page.